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There were two Rasmus players at Rogers Centre Tuesday night, Cory in the bullpen for the Angels and older brother Colby, who is attempting to work his way off the Blue Jays disabled list where he has been since Aug. 11 since he suffered a left oblique injury.

The Jays' Rasmus had been in Florida during his recovery process but had not advanced as far as being able to participate in any minor league games before the various seasons ended last week.

His activities in Florida proceeded to the level of being able to hit off a tee and having someone lob soft toss balls to him, but that was as far as he got.

On Tuesday he was on the field for early batting practice. On Monday, an off day for the Jays, he hit in the indoor cages. They marked the first two days he faced any sort of pitching so he's a bit rusty and is shooting to get up to game speed by the end of the week.

"I'm feeling good, just trying to get back on this turf, take some swings, take some full hacks," Rasmus said. "In Florida I couldn't get into it, get after it. I came up here to get some swings going on the field and running some balls down.

"I feel good. I'm not trying to go above and beyond, I'm just trying to get my legs back used to the turf and feeling right and getting ready to play."

He said the fact he didn't get into any rehab games shouldn't pose a problem.

"I don't feel like it is," he said. "As long as I get my swings and am feeling good I think the game will come to me fairly quick."

Good to go by the end of the week?

"I'm not setting no time line on it, just getting myself ready and if I feel good, get out there and try to play."

Rasmus said he didn't intend to finish the season on the disabled list.

"I didn't want to miss any time," he said. "I went down there with the thought that I was going to try to get back whenever I could, try to help this team win."

He added that the fact his brother is in town is just coincidental, and was not a motivating factor for his return to the team.

WHEN WILL IT END?

A bad season will not end quickly enough for Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia.

Now in his third full season, Arencibia, 27, has been criticized at every turn and, in most cases, rightly so.

He entered Tuesday's game against the Angels in a 1-for-24 slump after going 1-for-17 on the just-completed road trip where the Jays won five of six games.

On the season, Arencibia is hitting just .204 with 17 doubles, 20 home runs and 52 RBIs. Since the all-star break he has completely disappeared, hitting .160 (20-for-123) with all of 10 RBIs. He also never walks -- 17 on the season -- and leads the team in strikeouts (ninth in the league) with 134.

His 20 home runs have come in 19 games, during which the Jays have a 12-7 record.

THREE'S A CROWD

Looking at the Jays' 2014 road schedule, they will have four three-city trips in a row and five in total.

From June 12-22 they will visit Baltimore, New York (Yankees) and then Cincinnati. Their next road trip (July 3-13) is also a three-bagger as they head west for seven games -- four in Oakland and three vs. the Los Angeles Angels -- with the final three in St. Petersburg against Tampa Bay. Next up is three stops July 25-Aug. 3 against the Yankees, Boston and Houston. Then Aug. 11-20 they visit Seattle, Chicago (White Sox) and Milwaukee. That is tough trippin'.

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Jays' Rasmus vows to return

There were two Rasmus players at Rogers Centre Tuesday night, Cory in the bullpen for the Angels and older brother Colby, who is attempting to work his way off the Blue Jays disabled list where he has been since Aug. 11 since he suffered a left oblique injury.

The Jays' Rasmus had been in Florida during his recovery process but had not advanced as far as being able to participate in any minor league games before the various seasons ended last week.